BaZi guides
How we calculate your chart, when the zodiac year really turns, and the rules people most often mix up, gathered in one place.
How we calculate
The rules behind every result we show.
Explainers
Common questions about birth times, calendars and chart terms, one article each.
- Why calculators give different chartsSeven settings where calculators part ways
- Born during daylight saving timeKorea's daylight saving years and standard time
- Born outside KoreaTime zone history, longitude and date shifts
- Born in a lunar leap monthYour month pillar follows the solar terms, not the lunar month
- When your Luck Pillar changesHow the starting age is set
- The 10 Symbolic Stars, read calmlyOld labels for particular combinations
Calendar
Look up the pillars and solar terms for any date
Zodiac & the new year
In BaZi, the year begins at the Start of Spring.
The ten Day Masters
The ten stems that can stand for you, each explained on its own page
- Jia Wood Day MasterA tall tree that grows straight; the first of the ten stems
- Yi Wood Day MasterA wildflower that bends as it grows; the yin side of Wood
- Bing Fire Day MasterThe noon sun that lights everything; the yang side of Fire
- Ding Fire Day MasterA candle that warms what is close; the yin side of Fire
- Wu Earth Day MasterA broad mountain that holds its place; the yang side of Earth
- Ji Earth Day MasterA tended field that takes things in and grows them
- Geng Metal Day MasterAn unworked boulder; the yang side of Metal
- Xin Metal Day MasterA gemstone with an eye for small differences; yin Metal
- Ren Water Day MasterA river moving through the night; the yang side of Water
- Gui Water Day MasterA drizzle that soaks in; the last of the ten stems
BaZi readings draw on traditional theory and are for reference only. Different schools may read the same chart differently.